I love today! Spent my entire day playing music.. lol.. Made myself play this song that I've shoved aside for so long (too lazy to try) I don't even remember I have it.. It is a song by Yiruma (A Korean pianist) titled "First Love".. I must admit I teared a little while playing.. And had goosebumps.. Goodness this is the power of music... Something that will never ever bore me even till my dying days...

Anyway, I'm currently reading a book titled "Great Pianists Speak" and in it was quoted "A musician is a person who, first of all, has an open mind about everything in connection with music. He is a person who is willing to listen to anything; a person who is willing to study and consider all angles and approaches to music, open to all ideas and sufficiently learned to make a choice as to what he wants to do and the road that he wants to follow."

In my opinion, I feel that the word "musician" is used too loosely now. People seem to love to be known as a musician.. You think so? I feel that to have the title of a "musician", it takes more than just being able to sing, play some notes or being part of a band or an orchestra.. With that title, it comes a hell lot of commitment, sacrifices, failures, heartaches, discipline, crazy persistence, diligence and you-name-it. Now, how many musicians are left?

Had a conversation with Leon during prac just now... He pointed out that some classical players think that pop/rock music are bad music.. *roll eyes* (please refer to the above definition of a musician) I feel that all forms of music express emotions that another genre can't express as clearly. Like do you hear bars and clubs playing classicals?!?!?! So it leads me to think that music sounds the nicest when it is appropriate and relevant to the present situation and when it is appreciated.. Like we sometimes like it loud and 'noisy' and sometimes a little mellow.. Therefore we really shouldn't depise another form of music.. (I suddenly thought of chinese orchestra haha nvm..) It all boils down to different perferences I think..

Open for discussions. (Please discuss with me!!! Hahaha..)